Decorative material



April 18, 1933' D. .J..KELMAN DECORATIVE MATERIAL Fi led March 8, 19521' VENTOR. jar/0 f/fiELMfl/V 7 ATTORNEY.

Patented 18, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFms-f ,navm J. m, or amount,new Yonx DECORATIVE IATEBIAL Application flied Irma a, 1932. Serial H0.597,474.

projecting strips extending along the length. of the core in variousdirections, such stripsv being made of non-metallic materiahwhich shallyet glitter and provide reflecting or shimmering surfaces to produce ahighly decorative efl'ect simulating metallic tinsel.

A further object of this invention is to produce a highly attractive andsturdy decorative material of the character described, which shall besimple and cheap to manufacture and yet practical to a high degree foruse for a large variety of decorative devices, and purposes.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in theconstruction hereinafter described, and of which thescope of application will be indicated in thefollowing claims. I

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the variouspossible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a side view of a piece of material embodying the invention;and

Fig. 2 is a transverse, cross-sectional view of said material.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, 10 designates a piece of;material embodying the invention, here shown in the form of an elongateddecorative ruching or streamer and comprises a central core 11 and aplurality of outwardly extending strips 12 dis- 5 posed along the lengthof the core and pro- ]ecting in diverse directions. The core 11 maycomprise a pair of strings 13 and 14 preferably made of cotton or anyother suitable textile material, and a thin flexible pliant wire 15 madeof copper or any other suitable metal. One of the strings 13 or '14 ispreferably disposed alongside of the wire 15 and said string and wireare twisted together about the other cotton string. The twisted stringsand wire serve to grip the central portions of the strips 12.Preferably,

the strips 12 are distributed along the length of the core in bunches asillustrated inFig. 2. Said strips 12 may be made of any' suitable,transparent, non-metallic, flekible, glittering sheet material such ascello ham or the like ,nitro-cellulose substance. Said strips arepreferably narrow, elongated. and thin. Since such strips are not stitl'or rigid, a touselled efiect is produced, thus causing the reflectingsurfaces'to be disposed in many directions. The metallic sheep of the.strips 12 and the multi-directional arrangement thereof providingreflecting s rfaces at various and numerous angles, produce a shimmeringefi'ect simulating metallic tinsel. If desired, the strips 12 may bemade of colored cellophane and portions of the piece of material 10 maybe made of differently colored strips 12 to produce a highly attractiveiridescent effect. Also if desired strips of other colored material suchas paper may be combined with the strips of cellophane. The material 10may be used for Christmas dec oration. such. as wreaths or fordecorating rooms or for other like purposes.

plurality of narrow elongated strips which may then be wound in buncheson spools.

The spools may then be mounted on a usual.

tinsel or chenille making machine; such for example as illustrated inPatent No. 817966, issued April 17th, 1906 to Eversman. The copper wire15 is preferably disposed alongside one of the cotton strings andtwisted therewith about the other cotton string, to prevent untwistingof the cotton strings and to tightly grip the cellophane strips 12,during the manufacture of said material 10.

When light strikes the piece 10, the transparency of the strips 12 aswell as the reflecting qualities and the sheen thereof causesaniiridescence and shimmeringwhich is highly attractive. A cheap,non-metalic and yet highly attractive ornamental material is thus Iproduced suitable for a large variety of decorative purposes.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which theseveral objects of this invention are achieved, and which is welladapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention,and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth,it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in theaccompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting sense. Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A strip of decorative materialcomprising a central core and a plurality of radially extending stripsof transparent, nitro-cellulose compound disposed along the length ofthe core.

2. A strip of decorative materialvcomprising a central core and aplurality of radially extending strips of cellophane disposed along thelength of the core.

3. A. decorative material comprising an elongated central core, andoutwardly extending strips made of transparent nitro-cellulose disposedalong the length of said core.

4. A decorative material comprisin an elongated flexible core and aplurality of narrow strips of cellophane extending therefrom anddisposed along the length of the core.

5. A decorative material comprising an elongated flexible core and aplurality of narrow strips of cellophane extending therefrom anddisposed along the length of the core, I

said strips extending in various angular positlons with respect to thecore.

6. An elongateddecorative material. comi prising astring made of textilematerial and a thin" flexible, pliant metal wire disposed alongside saidstring and twisted about another string made of textile materiahrand aplurality of narrow, transparent, flexible strips having reflectingsurfaces, gripped atv intermediate portions thereof by said twistedstringsand wire.

lln testimony whereof I afix my signature. DAVE) J. KEL.

